Osas Okonyon in a dramatic black strapless mermaid gown, positioned between co-stars Ibrahim Suleiman (left) and Uzor Arukwe (right) for a promotional portrait for the 2026 film Evi, directed by Uyoyou Adia. Photo Credit: Osas Okonyon/Instagram If there is one thing you can bet on, it is this: the cinema is never bereft of Nollywood films for you to…
Sketa’s mum, Ify Adenuga, signing Skepta’s suit to celebrate his GQ Man Of The Year Award Have you ever wondered what goes on in the minds of parents of superstars? Watching the child they raised from a baby becoming a person loved by the world, heard by millions, wanted in many countries around the world? What does it take…
If you woke up this morning with that specific “31st March anxiety”—frantically looking for receipts and trying to remember your login details for the eTax portal—we have some brilliant news to share. The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has officially extended the deadline for filing individual annual tax returns. Instead of the usual end-of-March cutoff, you now have…
If you are like me, a Bridgerton fanatic, you have probably imagined a wedding like Daphne’s, Kate’s, or Francesca’s. Something whimsical that captures the charm of 19th-century Regency-era England. And if you’ve entertained this fantasy while living in Nigeria, your hopes have probably been dashed more than once. But you know what? Maybe not. I have designed a few…
Does the link between white potatoes and diabetes extend to non-fried potatoes without butter or sour cream? The trouble for white potatoes began in 2006, when the Harvard Nurses’ Health Study, which had followed the diets and diseases of tens of thousands of women for 20 years, found that greater potato intake was associated with a greater likelihood of…
Nearly two decades after the 2004 recapitalisation that reshaped Nigeria’s banking sector and cut the number of banks from 89 to 25, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, signalled another round in November 2023. By March 2024, the policy was formalised, with a 24-month compliance window from April 1, 2024 to March 31, read more How…
As the 2026 election season heats up, three ministers have resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s administration in anticipation of a strict presidential directive requiring politically ambitious appointees seeking governorship ambition to step down. Adelabu Adelabu, Minister of Power, was the latest candidate to tender his resignation on Tuesday evening to pursue his 2027 governorship ambitions read more Three…
Nigeria’s women entrepreneurs are increasingly ready to scale their businesses, but limited access to finance, governance skills and structured support systems continues to slow the transition from small ventures to lasting enterprises. Across Nigeria, women own roughly 40 percent to 50 percent of small businesses and operate millions of enterprises ranging from informal market stalls read more Nigeria’s…
The Bank of Industry (BOI) and European Investment Bank (EIB) recently announced a €50 million financing initiative aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare and pharmaceutical value chain. The funding, according to the statement, is designed to improve access to long-term financing for healthcare and pharmaceutical enterprises, support the expansion of local manufacturing capacity, and enhance supply read more BOI,…
Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Ltd and Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc dominated capital inflows into Nigeria’s banking sector in 2025, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In 2025, total capital inflows into Nigeria increased to its highest level in seven years, to $23.21 billion in 2025 from $12.31 billion in 2024. read more Standard…
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